RE: Does the recommendation against variable names starting withSQL apply to constants?

David,

I'm certain I missed something in this thread, but regarding naming
conventions, I think you're still missing the point of clarity...

I understand that you want to test a field for a specified value. In
this case, the character literal 'X0'. Instead of naming your constant
to be a variation of the actual value, you should consider what the
value 'X0' represents. X_FOLLOWED_BY_ZERO is just as bad as cX0, imo.
It tells me nothing about what this value means. What *IS* 'X0'?

Here's a little blurb from Code Complete by Steve McConnell that gives
some useful guidelines for naming.
http://flylib.com/books.php?ln=en&n=2&p=823&c=105&p1=1&c1=1&c2=334&view=
1

hth,
-Eric DeLong


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Subject: RE: Does the recommendation against variable names starting
withSQL apply to constants?

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[mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] De la part de Dennis Lovelady

Hi, Charles. I agree to a point.

My response was to the concept of searching through source
looking for something that might be confusing. If I were in
there working on the program, that's one thing, and I would
definitely give it a better name than cX0 or
X_FOLLOWED_BY_ZERO. But to scan source, find something I
don't like, and change the program on that basis... bad idea
in my opinion.

Dennis, r u sure u red my post? I WAS in there, as u say.